State of the Union. Team Canada Basketball. (FIBA Americas Aug.31-Sep.15)

BrunoSkull · Post #1301 » by **BrunoSkull** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:45 pm

RaptorPride wrote:can I get a Jamal Murray Raptors sig?

Chriscross · Post #1302 » by **Chriscross** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:48 pm

Hendrix wrote:
dalton749 wrote:If they win it should start to make a name for us come the Olympics.
Joseph
Murray
Wiggins
Bennett
Thompson
Should be really good a few years from now

Bennett over Olynyk?

I prefer

Joseph or Murray
Stauskas
Wiggins
Thompson
Olynyk

I much prefer Stauskas at the 2 because he perfectly compliments Wiggins at the 3

vini_vidi_vici · Post #1303 » by **vini_vidi_vici** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:54 pm

Great tourney so far, been to 3 games, plus todays (leaving soon). I have never been more excited for Olympic qualifying. I think should they qualify, I might take the summer off and go to the summer Olympics in Tokyo (2020) even if the likelyhood we medal is slim (would be nice if its good chance too). I really like Murray (obviously) and all the young kids, some entertaining basketball.

Enjoy the game guys.

Post #1304 » by **Undefeated** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:58 pm

Does anyone here thinks Canada has a chance to rank #2 in the FIBA rankings by 2020? Cause I was talking yesterday with some people and they think it's a possibility. Only teams that I think of that can challenge for that spot is Croatia, Serbia and maybe France/Brazil.

EastBayBoy · Post #1305 » by **EastBayBoy** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:20 pm

Undefeated wrote:Does anyone here thinks Canada has a chance to rank #2 in the FIBA rankings by 2020? Cause I was talking yesterday with some people and they think it's a possibility. Only teams that I think of that can challenge for that spot is Croatia, Serbia and maybe France/Brazil.

Don't forget about Australia, they can also challenge for that spot.

Mattd97 · Post #1306 » by **Mattd97** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:46 pm

frumble wrote:
Mattd97 wrote:
also i find it weird that the US doesnt take these tournaments more seriously. obviously lebrons not playing, but if guys are gonna be playing in the summer anyways why not take those select teams they use to scrimmage against the main team? grow chemistry and have guys make a case for the main team. but even if not the B team, why arent guys like ross or amir, or whatever decent NBA guys interested? its not the olympics but its the only chance youll ever have to play for your country - the most dominant team in the world. doesnt that interest any of them?

Nobody takes the PanAm games seriously. In 2011 we sent an all CIS team. In 2007 we sent some fringe national team guys.

I realize, but it still doesn't answer why. If i were an average american nba player who would never have a chance at representing the almighty US team i wouldnt mind a free trip and a pressure free tournament. And from the associations pov, why not use the tournament to practice. You dont have many opportunities for this, why not use it for guys who mighy actually matter.

curryking3 · Post #1307 » by **curryking3** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:54 pm

Undefeated wrote:Does anyone here thinks Canada has a chance to rank #2 in the FIBA rankings by 2020? Cause I was talking yesterday with some people and they think it's a possibility. Only teams that I think of that can challenge for that spot is Croatia, Serbia and maybe France/Brazil.

I think so, great chance for us. We have a pretty reasonable sized population, but more importantly among the population we have that athletes have a good chance to get noticed and become supported through national sports programs, which Canada has to maintain and grow.

I think Canada is in a good position with basketball fever clearly having made its mark after the Vince Carter glory days.

But at the same time just like Jamal Murray and Wiggins and Bennett are our young Canadian stars, the other countries could have any number of potentials stars appear in the next few years. No way to predict what happens in the 5 years let alone next year. Anything could happen, but yea I love the position Canada is in now.

doctaJ_92 · Post #1308 » by **doctaJ_92** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:16 pm

Is the game being streamed on CBC? I don't see it on their streaming webpage currently.

UcanUwill · Post #1309 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:17 pm

Undefeated wrote:Does anyone here thinks Canada has a chance to rank #2 in the FIBA rankings by 2020? Cause I was talking yesterday with some people and they think it's a possibility. Only teams that I think of that can challenge for that spot is Croatia, Serbia and maybe France/Brazil.

FIBA rankings are based on last 8 year performances. I am not sure its even mathematically possible for Canada to be top 2 by 2020. 2024 is the year.

curryking3 · Post #1310 » by **curryking3** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:19 pm

doctaJ_92 wrote:Is the game being streamed on CBC? I don't see it on their streaming webpage currently.

It will show up close to 4:30 pm EST when the game starts.

MainEvent · Post #1311 » by **MainEvent** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:20 pm

Canada is 3.5 point favorites

UcanUwill · Post #1312 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:22 pm

Mattd97 wrote:
frumble wrote:
Mattd97 wrote:
also i find it weird that the US doesnt take these tournaments more seriously. obviously lebrons not playing, but if guys are gonna be playing in the summer anyways why not take those select teams they use to scrimmage against the main team? grow chemistry and have guys make a case for the main team. but even if not the B team, why arent guys like ross or amir, or whatever decent NBA guys interested? its not the olympics but its the only chance youll ever have to play for your country - the most dominant team in the world. doesnt that interest any of them?

Nobody takes the PanAm games seriously. In 2011 we sent an all CIS team. In 2007 we sent some fringe national team guys.

I realize, but it still doesn't answer why. If i were an average american nba player who would never have a chance at representing the almighty US team i wouldnt mind a free trip and a pressure free tournament. And from the associations pov, why not use the tournament to practice. You dont have many opportunities for this, why not use it for guys who mighy actually matter.

I dont get this either. You would think there would be plenty of NBA players who wants to represent USA, and this might be their only chance. I understand having few guys from overseas, but most of these guys on USA roster doesn't look right at all.

Post #1313 » by **Undefeated** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:40 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
Undefeated wrote:Does anyone here thinks Canada has a chance to rank #2 in the FIBA rankings by 2020? Cause I was talking yesterday with some people and they think it's a possibility. Only teams that I think of that can challenge for that spot is Croatia, Serbia and maybe France/Brazil.

FIBA rankings are based on last 8 year performances. I am not sure its even mathematically possible for Canada to be top 2 by 2020. 2024 is the year.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that and neither were the people I was talking to lol

Macho · Post #1314 » by **Macho** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:40 pm

It's going to be a good while before Canada can beat the top Euro sides (Spain, Serbia, France, Lithuania), these teams spend months of preparation time together. They are super well coached and know how to play as a team and have a system. Talent is not everything in FIBA, so many NBA player loaded teams have crashed out of tournaments.

MFS · Post #1315 » by **MFS** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:08 pm

Debating if I should catch the game or continue to watch the WNBA all-star

Charlie Sollers · Post #1316 » by **Charlie Sollers** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:14 pm

Is the game going to be on TV?

Jonn · Post #1317 » by **Jonn** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:16 pm

Kohanz wrote:
EastBayBoy wrote:
Jonn wrote:
Have a feeling Murray is just going to keep rising. I think he put himself in top 5 consideration for this tournament alone.

I was just joking around with that quote, and I too agree he will go too high for the Raps to have a chance at drafting him, but I don't think it will be because of this tournament. The talent level is just not good enough to evaluate (increase) draft status for any player.

Seriously? I know its not a bunch of marquee names, but that US team is better (talent, experience, skill) than almost all NCAA Div 1 squads. The Argentina guards play in the second best league in Europe and, again, are better than the majority of NCAA guards.

Exactly this

TheFutureMM · Post #1318 » by **TheFutureMM** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:16 pm

So I found Myck Kabongo for those who were wondering what happened to him...

http://www.thetournament.com/teams/overseas-elite

From what I gather the tournament is a 96 team sudden death elimination tournament with the winning team taking home 1 million bucks.

From what I gather Myck's team is in the quarterfinals today. Would be pretty cool if they won the whole thing.

RaptorPride · Post #1319 » by **RaptorPride** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:22 pm

BrunoSkull wrote:
RaptorPride wrote:can I get a Jamal Murray Raptors sig?

Thank you
almighty BrunoSkull

curryking3 · Post #1320 » by **curryking3** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:26 pm

Link is up: http://panam.cbc.ca/videos/live/video/mens-basketball-1630.html